Jim Geraghty of National Review Online looks at the voters who support Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential bid.
You were shocked — horrified, depressed, bewildered, and angry — when Donald Trump won. Suddenly, you had to prepare to live in a nightmare for the next four years, and it sent you into a months-long funk. How could this happen, you wondered?
And then, suddenly, it hit you. Trump pulled off a trick that the devil himself would envy: He managed to sound the way Democrats usually sound to voters, and he made Hillary Clinton sound like the Republicans that people voted against in 2006, 2008, and 2012. …
… Warren isn’t perfect, but she stands up to the bullies and she fights for fairness, which is a hell of a lot more than most politicians can say. The other day she gave a whole speech about corruption. We’ve tried to avert our eyes from a hard truth for a long time, but we can’t anymore: This is a deeply corrupt country. We’re not as good as we’ve long believed ourselves to be. This is why people responded to “Make America Great Again.” …
… As president, Warren would spend four or eight years trying to claw money back from the Fortune 500 any way that she could and return it to working people. She would expand the size and scope and reach of the federal government so much, she would make Obama look like Ronald Reagan, and you can’t wait. They’re darn right that under Warren, taxes would skyrocket, the stock market would probably sink like a stone, and billionaires would emigrate. Warren’s presidency would be a miserable time to be a rich person in America, and you’re fine with that.
